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To: a fool in paradise

I’ve seen entire albums posted on YouTube as “fair use.” I’d hate to be a professional musician these days.


7 posted on 04/23/2014 6:37:33 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman of Turtles and Zappa & The Mothers fame were suing Sirius/XM to get royalty $ from their pre 1972 work.
And yes entire albums (Beatles etc) have been posted on youtube, but in some cases they have been taken down.

As a longtime college radio DJ, I have interviewed smaller-scale artists, etc. who have said the occasional song they do (like from a live performance) put on youtube is OK as it helps promote them. A whole album or concert is another matter. On my radio show I’m restricted to playing only 3 songs or so by a certain artist/from that artist’s album. Of course if I have a local performer in the studio and he does 6 or 7 songs live,
and we get his permission for the streaming or even a podcast, that’s fine(we may label it as “single” or “live”)...


12 posted on 04/23/2014 7:06:06 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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